Trump's aggressive fact-checking by ABC moderators sparks fury, while Harris receives easy treatment.

The criticism of ABC News for its treatment of former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris during the presidential debate on Tuesday was intense.

During the presidential debate, ABC News moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis frequently challenged Trump on multiple topics, including crime, abortion, and his remarks about the 2020 election.

"Conservative radio host Buck Sexton criticized the ABC moderators for fact-checking incorrectly and in a one-sided manner during the presidential debate, stating that Trump's ability to endure the ambush is a win. Sexton also called the debate a total sham, with questions being attacks on Trump and the moderators being 3 on 1. He expressed outrage at the situation."

Tomi Lahren of Outkick noted that when Trump does not directly answer a question, ABC highlights it. In contrast, Kamala refuses to answer any questions directly and gets away with it.

Josh Holmes, a co-host on Ruthless, wrote that the debate questions and moderation were breathtaking, and he was not exaggerating. He called it incredible and absolutely outrageous.

According to author Jerry Dunleavy, CNN debate moderator Candy Crowley was made to appear as a mute by ABC News moderators during the 2012 election.

Mollie Hemingway, editor-in-chief of The Federalist, wrote that the framing of every single question has been terrible.

Some critics specifically called out Muir for his multiple spats with Trump.

"Journalist Glenn Greenwald stated that David Muir is attacking Trump more than Kamala is, and that Kamala can relax because the ABC moderators are handling the debate for her."

Christopher Rufo, an author and activist, joked that David Muir is running a strong campaign for president.

Others took aim at the network broadly.

NewsBusters managing editor Curtis Houck stated that this has been a complete disaster for ABC's credibility.

Meghan McCain, a former "The View" co-host, has been stating for years how much @ABC dislikes Republicans.

Henry Rodgers, a Daily Caller correspondent, stated, "3 vs. 1: This is gross."

""ABC/Disney has been poorly moderated, despite its efforts to assist VP Harris. It's astonishing how biased both moderators were, and yet they still couldn't win the election. As a result, ABC/Disney lost half the country," syndicated radio host Hugh Hewitt wrote."

Some members of the liberal media praised the ABC moderators.

MSNBC host Chris Hayes praised the performance of ABC moderators.

Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin stated that CNN's abysmal performance was shown by the fact-checking and confronting actions of ABC moderators, who had exceeded expectations.

According to New York Times correspondent Glenn Thrush, Muir possesses a skill for delivering confrontational responses in a manner that resembles Bob Ross discussing adding a touch of magenta to a sunset.

Trump faced criticism for frequently responding to Harris' attacks and the moderators' questions during the debate.

Tara Palmeri, a Puck News correspondent, stated that Kamala has been preoccupied with the crowd size comment ever since, and Trump is responding with anger.

David Weigel, a Semafor reporter, wrote that Harris consistently uses Trump as bait and burns the first 20 seconds of his response on it.

Symone Sanders-Townsend of MSNBC stated that Donald Trump is taking every piece of bait, just as the commentary had expressed concern that VP Harris would do.

Saagar Enjeti of Breaking Points stated that Trump is not following the same strategy as Harris, who is shifting from his weakest points to his strongest or attempting to disrupt Kamala. Instead, Trump continues to litigate each bait thrown at him by Kamala and ignores his own best issues.

Erick Erickson, a conservative radio host, concluded that Trump's lack of discipline helped Harris in the debate, despite the moderators' efforts to assist him and the low information voters watching.